Thursday, October 9, 2014

The oldest gay in the village: 5,000-year-old is 'outed' by the way he was buried

Five thousand years after he died, the first known gay caveman has emerged into the daylight.According to archaeologists, the way he was buried suggests that he was of a different sexual persuasion.The
skeleton of the late Stone Age man, unearthed during excavations in the
Czech Republic, is said to date back to between 2900 and 2500 BC.During that period, men were
traditionally buried lying on their right side with the head pointing
towards the west; women on their left side with the head facing east. In
this case, the man was on his left side with his head facing west.
Another clue is that men tended to be interred with weapons, hammers and
flint knives as well as several portions of food and drink to accompany
them to the other side.Women
would be buried with necklaces made from teeth, pets, and copper
earrings, as well as domestic jugs and an egg-shaped pot placed near the
feet.The ‘gay caveman’ was buried with household jugs, and no weapons.Read the article here